‘Devastating’: Volunteer recalls last hours at besieged Indonesian Hospital

Indonesians Fikri Rofiul Haq [left], Reza Aldilla Kurniawan and Farid Zazabil Al Ayubi volunteered at the Indonesian Hospital until their forced evacuation last week [Courtesy of MER-C]

Medan, Indonesia –  As Israeli tanks and troops laid siege to the Indonesian Hospital in northern Gaza last week, volunteer medical worker Fikri Rofiul Haq faced the choice of evacuating to safety or staying with his patients.

Haq and fellow his Indonesian colleagues, Reza Aldilla Kurniawan and Farid Zazabil Al Ayubi, volunteers with the Jakarta-based Medical Emergency Rescue Committee (MER-C), opted to stay put until the Israeli military forced them to leave, he said.